Month: July 2021

July 30, 2021

Removing barred owls aids northern spotted owl recovery

Throughout the Pacific Northwest, federally threatened northern spotted owls have faced growing competition from invasive barred owls, which have moved into their range. By removing the invaders, researchers found, they...

July 30, 2021

WSB: Veterinary drugs can help field biologists

Wildlife biologists in the field could use drugs that veterinarians often use to anaesthetize animals. According to new research on invasive Indian mongooses (Urva auropunctata) in the Caribbean, Alfaxalone, an...

July 30, 2021

Watch: Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge fights sea level rise

Staff at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge see the effects of climate change right in front of them in the form of sea level rise. Eventually, they know that if nothing...

July 29, 2021

Noise and light have compounding impact on birds

Birds tend to stay away from people’s backyard when it’s noisy—and even more when there’s also artificial light around. People use feeders in their backyards to develop a closer connection...

July 29, 2021

Wildlife Vocalizations: Murry Burgess

Wildlife Vocalizations is a collection of short personal perspectives from people in the field of wildlife sciences. The wind beat my face as the skiff skipped across the lagoon. The...

July 28, 2021

New COVID strain found in British horseshoe bat

Researchers have detected a new coronavirus strain, related to the virus that causes COVID-19 in humans, in a horseshoe bat in England. Scientists sampled fecal samples for viruses from 50...

July 28, 2021

IUCN unveils Green Status to gauge recovery success

The International Union for Conservation of Species has created a new Green Status of Species, intended to measure how close a species is to being fully ecologically functional and how...

July 28, 2021

Mysterious bird blindness cases drop in D.C. area

A mysterious but deadly disease that causes blindness in blue jays, grackles, starlings and other birds in the Washington, D.C. area and nearby states is disappearing just as fast as...

July 28, 2021

USFWS proposes designating critical habitat for threatened birds

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released proposals designating critical habitat under the Endangered Species Act for two threatened bird species earlier this month. Under a proposal rule published July 20,...

July 27, 2021

Giving orphaned grizzlies a chance back in the wild

Most orphaned grizzly cubs never make it in the wild. Often, they are left to die, shot on the spot or taken to a zoo. But in British Columbia, Orphaned...